Hidden below Mediterranean restaurant Mati, in Little Italy, this swanky 30-seater seduces with green-velvet glamour and some serious talent behind the black marble bar. Bar manager Witek Wojaczek comes from London (Artesian Bar, Beaufort Bar at The Savoy) and is determined to put Canada’s capital on the international cocktail map with sublimely deconstructed classics — think Sidecar with floating lemon sorbet — and new classics-in-the-making.

DRINK: THE DELIGHTFULLY NAMED PORNSTAR MARTINI.